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Mission

Palmetto & Luna’s mission is to foster an understanding of the Hispanic/Latino culture by promoting artistic creation and providing opportunities for cultural expression for the community in South Carolina.

Past/Ongoing Projects

Palmetto & Luna (P&L) was incorporated on September 8, 2008. Since 2003 the organization has produced a variety of events and programs focused on Hispanic/Latino Art, Culture and Heritage:

Art Exhibitions in South Carolina - Argentinean painter and printmaker Marcelo Novo (2003), German Cuban sculptor Britta Cruz (2003), Colombian painter Alejandro García (2004), Philipino painter Tony Imperial (2004), Mexican-American-Chicano visual artist Ernesto Cuevas, Jr. (2008), Colombian artist Eliana Pérez and Diana Farfán (2009).

InspirARTE - A fundraising event in 2003 and 2004 for the oldest Hispanic/Latino non-profit in South Carolina (Acercamiento Hispano de Carolina del Sur), held at the South Carolina State Museum. InspirARTE successfully created awareness of Hispanic/Latino Art among local non-Hispanic artists in Columbia, SC.

Annual art auctions and children’s art contests in 2003 and 2004.

Book Club - "Páginas" - that focuses on Hispanic/Latino authors. This club was established in 2004 and it is probably the only book club of its kind in the state of South Carolina.

Organizing Spanish speaking groups and providing bilingual docents for the guided tours of the Columbia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and special exhibitions since 2002.

Artist-in-Residence program in Columbia which hosted its first artist in October 2008 - Ernesto Cuevas, an Atlanta-based muralist and painter. Cuevas also gave a presentation of his work – "Immigration Seen through the Lens of a Latino Artist", at the University of South Carolina. The event was hosted in collaboration with the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies (Arnold School of Public Health)



Planned Projects

What´s Love FEST 2010

What's Love Image of poster

Over 40 visual and performance artists showing You the Love!
701 Whaley
SAT. FEBRUARY 13th
7pm-midnight
SUN. FEBRUARY 14th
2pm-5pm

TICKET SALES

No More Advanced Tickets!

Only tickets at the door.
$20.00 for Ticket

10% of the event´s profit will come to fund programming for Palmetto & LUNA.

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